A Philosophy of Second Language Acquisition On the Origin of Species Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen regards it Teen & Tween Nonfiction Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games Good Cooking is an absolute must have for the kitchen shelf Marysia Johnson proposes a new model of second language acquisition (SLA)—a model that shifts the focus from language competence (the ability to pass a language exam) to language performance (using language competently in real life contexts) Johnson argues that current SLA theory and research is heavily biased in the direction of the cognitive and experimental scientific tradition